2018 Shanghai Masters

The 24 players were the top-16 in the world rankings after the 2018 World Open, the next four players, outside the top-16 in the world rankings, of Chinese origin, two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings and two from China's Amateur Masters series. The Amateur Masters was won by Pu Qingsong with Guo Hua the runner-up. The two players from the CBSA under-21 rankings were Chang Bingyu and Fan Zhengyi. Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion Mark Williams seeded 2. The top 8 seeds received byes into the second round. Shaun Murphy, the 8 seed and thus a first round bye, withdrew before the start of the tournament for family reasons. First round winner Stuart Bingham was credited with the walkover second round victory. ==Prize fund==

The breakdown of prize money is shown below: • Winner: £200,000 • Runner-up: £100,000 • Semi-finals: £60,000 • Quarter-finals: £30,000 • Last 16: £15,000 • Last 24: £7,500 • Highest break: £5,000 • Total: £725,000 ==Main draw==

Total: 37 • 140, 135, 122, 113, 111 Ronnie O'Sullivan • 140, 134 Stuart Bingham • 138, 101, 100 Ding Junhui • 138 Luca Brecel • 136 John Higgins • 135, 131, 114, 100 Kyren Wilson • 134, 132, 125, 114, 103, 101, 100 Barry Hawkins • 134, 110, 100 Anthony McGill • 133 Yan Bingtao • 130, 100 Ryan Day • 128 Judd Trump • 128 Liang Wenbo • 114, 113 Stephen Maguire • 107, 103 Neil Robertson • 103 Mark Williams • 102 Mark Allen ==References==